If anyone reads my Blog they quickly figure out I have a soft spot for the 1940s! This jumper took me 5 months to knit, and I hope it’s OK to post here on SewRetro. It’s the Bell-Stitch Jumper from Stitchcraft [...]
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Most recently completed project: my Quick-to-Knit Target cardigan, finished as part of a knit-along starting on January 1st. As you can see from this, it is quite quick to knit – at least by my standards! Paired here with my 1940s hand-sewn Simplicity 2624 skirt: and when I say hand-sewn, I mean that every single [...]
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Here are two 1950s patterns I’ve knitted up this year: the droplet bolero and the bias-knit sweater. The bolero was knitted using a re-issued version of the original pattern which had been graded into multiple sizes: normally I would just have knitted the single original size, but here I actually had the luxury of taking [...]
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Sewing is fun but sometimes knitting vintage patterns is fun too! I knit this sweater from a pattern from A Stitch in Time Vol. 2 which is a book full of vintage knitting patterns from the 30s, 40s and 50s that have been rewritten using modern needle sizes, thread sizes and knitting terms. I paired [...]
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My latest retro sewing project is still bogged down in pattern alteration, although I think I’m past the worst of it and can begin doing actual sewing again. Meanwhile . . . some of us knit retro, too. Honestly, of all of us who knit retro, I probably do it least, but everybody has to [...]
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Today I’ve gotten side tracked by the 1930s because of a lovely piece of rust and cream herringbone wool given to me by a friend that just needed to be made into something 1930s and fabulous. Eva Dress SE30-1399 had been waiting in my pattern stash for just such an opportunity! It goes smashingly with [...]
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Here are two cardigans from the late 50s/early 60s I recently finished knitting. You can find links to the free patterns on my blog Creative Accomplishments!
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I have been knitting up a storm lately. There is a lovely late 1940s suit cut out in my sewing room, but I just have not been motivated to get to it. Instead, here are a couple of my recent vintage reproduction knits. The first is “This One for Parties” from A Stitch in Time, [...]
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I thought I would share a couple of my vintage knits. This beaded beauty has been neglected for years. It has reminded me how much I love knitting with the added texture of beads, so I am going to keep my eyes open for a new project with beaded embellishments. And this lace sweater was [...]
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I finished my Jenny Cardigan in early July, but never got around to wearing it. The yarn is a cotton/rayon blend and the summer has not been especially hot, so I have no excuse, other than the fact that I could not find anything I wanted to wear with it! Enter Vogue 9668. This dress [...]
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